Actual Slaughter Under Federal Inspection - 19.02.11
04/03/2011
Actual Slaughter Under Federal Inspection
Federally Inspected Slaughter by Species and Day, U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, February 19, 2011
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Day Cattle Calves Hogs Sheep Goats Equine 1/Bison
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Head
Monday 126,119 3,626 402,712 7,501 2,788 0 66
Tuesday 127,888 3,581 417,949 9,604 1,923 0 211
Wednesday 131,084 3,548 421,955 6,393 1,742 0 149
Thursday 130,788 2,941 365,924 8,820 1,747 0 236
Friday 120,887 3,397 406,072 5,013 2,238 0 195
Saturday 16,842 122 80,404 25 26 0 50
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Total 653,608 17,215 2,095,016 37,356 10,464 0 907
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
%Steers 47.3 %Barrows & Gilts 96.9 %Lambs & Yearlings 93.0
%Heifers 31.7 %Sows 2.8 %Mature Sheep 7.0
%Cows 19.3 %Boars 0.3
%Bulls 1.7
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
1/ Bison are not covered under the Meat Inspection Act, and therefore do not
require inspection. Numbers refer to the amount killed in Federally
Inspected plants, and are not necessarily inspected.
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Meat Production, Live Weight and Dressed Weight, U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, February 19, 2011
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Production Species and Class Live Weight Dressed Weight
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Mil. Lbs. Lbs. Lbs.
Beef 503.6 Cattle 1,289 773
Steers 834
Heifers 772
Cows 616
Bulls 869
Calves & Veal 2.5 Calves 254 151
Pork 435.5 Hogs 278 208
Barrows & Gilts 205
Sows 307
Boars 211
Lamb & Mutton 2.7 Sheep 146 73
Mature Sheep 73
Lambs & Yearlings 73
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Total Meat
Production 944.3
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Federally Inspected Slaughter Head & Percentage by Class, U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, February 19, 2011
------------------------------------------------------------------
: : Number of : Percent
Species : Class : Head : of Total
------------------------------------------------------------------
Cattle : TOTAL : 653,608
: Steers : 309,171 47.3
: Heifers : 206,909 31.7
: Dairy Cows : 64,826 9.9
: Other Cows : 61,403 9.4
: Bulls : 11,299 1.7
: :
Calves : TOTAL : 17,215
: :
Hogs : TOTAL : 2,095,016
: Barrows/Gilts : 2,029,410 96.9
: Sows : 58,415 2.8
: Boars : 7,191 0.3
: :
Sheep : TOTAL : 37,356
: Mature Sheep : 2,605 7.0
: Lamb/Yearlings : 34,751 93.0
------------------------------------------------------------------
Federally Inspected Slaughter Cattle by Class, U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, February 19, 2011
------------------------------------------------------------------------
: Number of Head Slaughtered
:-------------------------------------------------------------
Day : : : S&H as : : : D&O as
of : : : % of : Dairy : Other : % of
Week : Steers : Heifers : Cattle : Cows : Cows : Cattle
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Mon. : 57,402 44,484 80.8 9,531 12,965 17.8
Tue. : 59,712 41,571 79.2 13,166 11,402 19.2
Wed. : 59,586 43,845 78.9 13,582 11,685 19.3
Thu. : 63,099 39,820 78.7 12,952 12,422 19.4
Fri. : 61,527 34,390 79.3 12,314 10,663 19.0
Sat. : 7,845 2,799 63.2 3,281 2,266 32.9
:
Total : 309,171 206,909 79.0 64,826 61,403 19.3
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Source: USDA Market News Service, St Joseph, MO
Share this story:
